Just Play Beach Soccer
One friend of mine asked me recently why all men are crazy about
playing football
or what
is known in
United States as soccer. I am sick of explaining
things that
you can only understand based
on personal experience. But although I managed
to provide her with
a luminous answer, she came back
stating yet another question. "Is
it different
to play soccer
on the grass than to play
it on
the beach?" That was a good one.
"Of course
it is different," I replied.
Beach soccer, as you can tell
by its name, is a sport played on
the beaches; preferably during spring or summer time. Although it
has been played informally
for decades, it was given its official name
and rules only recently
and specifically in 1992. Since then it managed to become a rather popular sport
and I believe that if you really want to learn something about soccer you should better
start playing it on
the beach.
Playing soccer on the beach is considered by many fans as the paradise of the apprentice. The soft-sand playing surface can correct some usual mistakes
for a
beginner, as the ball often stacks on it. Actually, the element of sand does only facilitate the efforts of new players,
but it is considered a heavy obstacle even for those experienced ones that wish to show off their abilities. Plus the compact pitch -measuring 28 x
37 meters if there is an official beach soccer facility- is by far smaller than the grass field and makes scoring easier, even for players
who decide to try it for the
first time.
A great advantage of beach soccer is the fact that one needs
no special equipment to play it. An adequate size ball and the sand of the beach are more than enough for one to begin exploring
this game's unique character. Even when no organized facility on the beach exists, those interested to play beach soccer need only two canes to symbolize the area of a goalpost. Canes or
just a
pile of clothes are preferable in comparison to heavy stones or even huge blocks of rocks, which can be very dangerous for
feet injuries, as shoes are not allowed in
this game.
Thus, if you are on a sandy beach, it is a sunny day, and you
have nine friends willing to join
you, you can start playing beach soccer. When you do experience it, let me
know if you liked it. Most importantly, let your girlfriend know!
When I finished my lecture about beach soccer my friend seemed excited.
"I will play it every single weekend," she said. But
before you ask yourselves how much time should you invest in practicing this sport, before you can consider yourselves good soccer players, try playing it for awhile. Since you cannot play beach soccer all year around, unless you move to California or Florida every time you have a beach soccer
need, you have to exercise your soccer playing abilities on the actual lawn ground. Believe me when I tell you that it is not that easy there too!
Kadence Buchanan writes articles for
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